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Bylaw 280, Metro Vancouver’s bylaw to regulate municipal solid waste and recycla-ble materials, sits on the desk of the Minister of Environment Mary Polak for final approv-al. It has coalesced the business community around BC against its approval. Why should business care about Vancouver’s waste man-agement?

“This bylaw is basically a tool to ensure fuel for an unnecessary incinerator – and taxpay-ers and businesses are getting the bill,” said John Winter, president and CEO of the BC Chamber of Commerce.

Winter added that Bylaw 280 would ef-fectively bar private industry from providing greener, more cost-effective waste solutions than the proposed $500 million incinera-tor for the Metro Vancouver region, such as mixed-waste Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs).

The bylaw sets the stage for tipping fee hikes on businesses that could amount to up to 100% or more within a few years in part to fund operating and capital costs such as a new waste-to-energy incinerator. Part of Metro’s business case also relied upon subsi-dized hydro rates for incineration which has been put into question by BC Hydro.

For Mission’s mobile businesses, such as those in construction, tipping fee hikes will critically impact the bottom line. It will also impact those in the recycling and waste management sector who are already chal-lenged by changes from Multi Materials BC (MMBC) even though the District of Mission opted out of the program.

Out here in the Valley, it is the proposal of the second incinerator has the Fraser Valley

Regional District (FVRD) more than con-cerned. It has been established that the Fras-er Valley is a fragile air shed with a significant vulnerability to pollution due to the fun-nel effect of the surrounding mountains. Air quality significantly impacts human health, agricultural productivity, quality of life and the Valley’s ability to attract new business and home owners.

“Any increase in emissions of air contami-nants in the fragile Fraser Valley air shed from an additional incinerator, as proposed by Metro Vancouver, or other sources, will significantly undermine air quality improve-ments in the Fraser Valley, and further exac-erbate the ongoing challenge with reducing ozone levels,” stated Sharon Gaetz, Chair of the FVRD, on a recent air quality testing report.

Moreover, Metro Vancouver’s existing in-cinerator in Burnaby has failed multiple environmental tests for heavy metal contam-inants despite on-going attempts to prop-erly manage the hazardous slag and ash pro-duced by burning garbage. Metro Vancouver General Manager of Solid Waste Services, Paul Henderson, reports that numerous bot-tom ash samples have failed toxicity test-ing, some that exceed more than twice the regulatory limit. These latest results are in addition to the failed fly ash tests that made headlines less than a year ago.

“This unsettling report demonstrates the environmental problems that inevitably arise when you burn garbage”, said Gaetz. The FVRD is pursuing greener initiatives for waste management, which explicitly exclude incineration. The FVRD’s newest Solid Waste

Management Plan, expected to be finalized in 2014, in-cludes a more aggressive and authentic ‘Zero Waste’ strat-egy, which involves removing considerably more recycla-ble material from the waste stream with cost-effective, readily available technology.

On the issue of Metro Van-couver’s recent proposal to build a second garbage incin-erator, Chair Gaetz suggests that, “Burning garbage sim-ply doesn’t make sense. We know that there are cheaper, greener, and more energy ef-ficient approaches to waste management.” The FVRD promotes truly maximized waste reduction, which gen-erates more jobs, results in less waste to the landfill, and protects our sensitive air shed.

Maximized recycling and material recovery involves the use of processing and separation facilities for house-hold garbage, in compliment to prior source separation of recyclables and organic ma-terials. Mechanical and manual separation removes all remaining recyclable and recov-erable material that has mistakenly entered the waste stream. Waste recovery facilities have been in use since the 1970s, and with advanced technology and broadening ca-pacity for recycling more materials, are rec-

ognized as a critical component of an effec-tive waste reduction strategy. This approach leaves room for business and entrepreneurs to participate in achieving the region’s waste management goals.

For more information on the FVRD’s Waste Management Plan and its position on Metro’s Bylaw 280, attend the June 19 Cham-ber Luncheon. Go to www.MissionCham-ber.bc.ca to register.

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We celebrated Mission businesses last night at the 2014 Business Ex-cellence Awards at Silverdale Hall. With local food truck fare, Mission Folk Festival entertainment and a casual atmosphere; it was exciting to see so many of you connecting. Again congratulations to this year’s recipients!

I am also freshly back from the British Columbia Chamber of Com-merce Annual General Meeting where Chambers across BC passed resolutions to assist their members and in turn our members – YOU! One of the resolutions passed lob-bies the Minister of Environment to reject Metro Vancouver’s Bylaw 280 which deals with solid waste flow control and the incineration of waste. Among the general concerns are that it is an unnecessary regu-latory burden, intrusion by Metro

Vancouver in the free market and the prioritization of incineration over other waste diversion meth-ods. Of course here in the Fraser Valley, air shed quality is at stake.

Join Fraser Valley Regional Dis-trict Chair Sharon Gaetz to learn why incineration and waste man-agement have a direct impact to your business and the quality of air in the Fraser Valley. Lunch is June 19th at 11:30 at the Rockwell’s Bar and Grill (Chapel Room).

Interested in becoming more competitive in today’s marketplace? Plan to attend the Digital Marketing Breakfast Workshop June 25 at 8 am. It is another in our series of af-fordable marketing seminars that are mindful of your time.

Remember to SHOP LOCAL and support Mission’s business com-munity!

On June 2 the Mission Chamber with the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board and the Canadian Home Builders Association-Fraser Valley pre-sented to District of Mission Council. The concern was the lack of process and policy that assures that houses used in illegal drug operations are re-mediated before re-entering the Mission housing market.

Dave Sawatzky, Chair of the Government Affairs Com-mittee illustrated to Coun-cilors how financial institu-tions, mortgage underwriters (CMHC) and home insurers

require proof of remediation in order for buyers to pur-chase these homes. “When houses are not remediated, they are sold at reduced pric-es, often for cash. This affects our housing market. Over time this will erode the price of housing in Mission.” stated Sawatzky.

Given that first time buyers make up a large portion of Mission’s affordable housing market, these homes if un-disclosed create safety and health issues. Without clear signs of remediation proven by inspections for air qual-

ity, electrical safety, gas and building code; homebuyers may find out at the bank or as they apply for home in-surance that their home was used for illegal drug produc-tion.

In surrounding commu-nities, the process for illegal drug operations follows a clear process. In the City of Chilliwack, house occupancy is pulled until the house is fully remediated. It is reinstat-ed as fully remediated with proof for purchasers. This as-sures close to market value, healthy safe homes that are

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“When businesses hire a student in grade 10, 11, or 12, they are eligible for tax credits that cover part of their wages,” says Wade Peary, principal at Riverside College in Mission.

“We have lots of industry in Mission and if people in those industries are hiring students, here is an opportu-nity for them to take advantage of the Secondary School Apprenticeship Program (SSA) and earn tax breaks, while helping the students find success.”

Employers with an ITA (Industry Training Authority) number who hire a student in grades 10 -12, are eligible to claim 10% of the student’s wages, up to a maximum of $2,000 per year, for the first 24 months of registration. Employers with an ITA number (in a non-Red Seal pro-gram) who hire a student can claim 20% of the student’s wages up to a maximum of $4,000, for the first 12 months of registration and the same for the second 12 months.

Riverside College is open to both Mission high-school students and adults who want to continue their educa-

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